Machine for handling material.



PATENTED APE.` Iz, 1904.

E. E. EEIEND. MACHINE EOE HANDLING MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 13, 1902.

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ROGER B. FRIEND, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE INTER- LOCK PAPER COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPO- RATION OF CALIFORNIA.

MACHINE FOR HANDLING MATERIAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,951, dated April 12, 1904:. Application filed December 13, 1902. Serial No. 135,081. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROGER B. FRIEND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the .county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Handling Material; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in IO the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a machine for handling paper, and particularly to a machine for transporting and packing folded paper; and

I 5 some of the objects of the invention are to provide a machine of this general character which will be simple in construction and eiiicient for the purpose intended.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine constructed to retain or secure the paper while the same is being handled.

A further object of the invention is to provide for thehandling of aplurality of portions of4 paper in interlocked relations or in such ,25 a manner that the fold of the paper being transported will engage the fold of that which has been conveyed to the proper position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as more fully described in the following specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which` Figure 1 is a top plan view of the receiving device. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the receiving device, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4L is a side elevational view,

partly broken away, of the packing or storing device. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a fragmental detail view of the conveyer. j Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly ,ceived or introduced thereinto.

to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 thereof, the reference character 1 desig- 5o nates legs or supports whereon is secured a plate or board 2, supporting vertical parallel side pieces 3, lwhich are retained in position Vpreferably by angle plates or brackets 4c, so

that the parts just described constitute a trough for the reception of the material, which is preferably folded longitudinally when re- Sprocket or other wheels 5 may be mounted at each end of the trough or receiving device just described, and over said wheels passes a sprocket-chain or belt 6, carrying an arm or a plurality of arms 7, provided with a hook or pin 8 to detachably receive an eye or link 9, formed on or connected with a conveyer 10, preferably embodying a shank or rod 11, carrying a jaw 12, against which operates a spring-actuated jaw 13,.actuated by a lever or extension 14:, as will be readily understood. The wheels 5 may be rotatedin any suitable manner; but a crank 15 is here shown as one form of means for this purpose, and formed on or connected with one end of the trough is a receiving table or platform 16, suitably cut away, as at 17, to permit of the passage of the arms 7 as the same 75 pass around with the sprocket-chain 6 during the operation of the machine.

Any suitable clamping device may be employed at the receiving end of the apparatus to secure and retain the material within the 8O machine, and the device herein shown embodies two parallel spring-arms 18, secured upon the table or platform 16, constructed, respectively, to receive and retain the folded material at one end when the same is,drawn into the trough or receiving device by the action of the conveyers 10, as subsequently more fully explained.

The material is passed upon the receivingtable 16 from any suitable folding-machine, 90 and the conveyer is attached to one end of the folded material below the upper layer or fold thereof, whereupon the crank 15 is turned and the folded material is dragged along through the trough until the conveyer reaches the opposite end thereof, when the clamp or securing device 18 is attached to the other end of the folded material at the receiving end of the apparatus, also beneath the upper layer or fold thereof, whereupon the conveyer is disconnected from the carrying-arm 7 and the other arm 7 is brought into position above the receiving-table 16 by further turning said crank, and another conveyer is likewise attached to another lot of folded material and is secured to the second arm, whereupon by further rotation of the crank the second lot of material is progressed through the trough, preferably in such a manner that the upper loose sheet or layer of the irst folded material will engage the lower loose sheet or layer of the second lot of material, which is likewise secured at one end thereof by the clamp 18 when directly over the lirst lot of material, and this process or operation is repeated until a sufficient number of lots of material have been placed within the receiver or trough.

It will be understood that this invention is particularly constructed and designed for employment in conjunction with a machine which folds a plurality of strips of material in each operation and delivers simultaneously a plurality of interlocked strips of material at a time.

After a sufhcient, quantity of material has been progressed into the receiving device or trough, substantially as just described, then the same is dragged or transported into the cutting trough or table 19, which is supported on legs 20 and is provided with sides 21 and with bottom rollers 22 to facilitate the transportation or movement of the material through the trough, which movement may be accomplished by any suitable mechanical means (not shown) or by hand.

The material may be moved through the cutting trough or table under a knife or cutting device 23 of any suitable construction, by means of which the material may be cut up into suitable lengths, according to the requirement of the trade or the purposes for which the material is intended to be used.

The operation of this inventionwill be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following eX- planation thereof: The conveyer is attached to one end of the folded material below the upper layer or fold thereof, and the crank 15 is turned until the conveyer reaches the other end of the trough, whereupon the conveyer is disconnected from the carrying-arm and the crank or handle is turned a little farther to bring the second carrying-arm up over the receiving end of the trough, when another conveyer is attached to a second lot of material, which is likewise drawn through the trough, preferably in such a manner that the uppermost free layer or fold of the first lot of material will engage with the lowermost free fold of the second lot of material, both of which lots are secured at the receiving end of the apparatus, as aforesaid, by the clamping device 18, and the operation is repeated until a suitable number of llots of material have beeniocated in the receiving device or trough. Then the lots of material are transported or moved within the cutting-trough, where the material is cut up into the desired length by means of the cutting device 23, substantially as before explained.

It is not desired to confine this invention to the specific construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, and the right is reserved to make all such changes in and modifications of the same as come within the spirit and scope of this invention.

I claim- 1. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving device for the folded material, a conveyer constructed to receive and retain one end of said folded material and means for operating said conveyer.

2. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving device for the folded material, an endless traveling element, a device carried by said element constructed to receive and retain one end of said folded material and means for operating said element.

3. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving-trough, sprocketwheels, a sprocket-chain passing thereover, and a conveyer detachably connected with said chain constructed to receive and retain one end of said folded material and means for operating said chain.

4. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving device, sprocketwheels, sprocket-chains passing thereover carrying arms, and a conveyer detachably connected with said arm to progress the material i through said device.

5. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving device, a clamping device and a conveyer to progress the material and to retain one end thereof while clamped by said device. Y y

6. A machine for handling folded material provided with a receiving device, a clamp for one end of the material, a traveling element carrying an arm at predetermined points thereon and a conveyer detachably connected with said arm to progress the material through said device and toretain one end thereof while clamped.

7. A machine for handling folded material, provided with a receiving trough, wheels mounted at the ends thereof, an endless device passing over said wheels and carrying an arm, a conveyer detachably connected with said arm and constructed to enga-ge the folded material and draw the same through said trough when said device is actuated, means for actuating said device and means for clamping the opposite end of the paper.

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8. A machine for handling folded paper provided with a trough, wheels mounted at the side and adjacent to the ends thereof, an endless device passing over said wheels, means for actuating said device, arms carried by said device having a hook, conveyers detaehably connected with said hooks and constructed to engage one end of the folded material and transport the same through the trough and to be disengaged from said hook at the completion of the movement of the material and a clamp to retain the other end of the material.

9. A machine for handling folded material provided with a trough,wheels mounted at the side and adjacent to the ends thereof, means for actuating said wheels to propel said device, arms carried by said device having hooks, conveyers having a clamp to engage the folded material below the upper fold thereof and draw the same into the trough and be disengaged from said arm when the movement of the material is completed, and a stationary spring-clamp at the receiving end of the trough to retain the other end of the material below the upper fold thereof.

In testimony whereof 1 have signed my name to this specication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 6th day of December, 1902.

ROGER B. FRIEND.

Witnesses:

H. C. MILLsAP, L. B. ALDERTE. 

